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For as long as purveyors of fake news continue to ply their trade, fact-checking must also be a constant surveyor in the news delivery arena. Social media has proven an even bigger facilitator of ‘fake news’ as far as to beguiling unsuspecting members of conventional media into getting aboard the fake news wagon. As part of our News Analysis slot… Read More

South African billionaire businessman caught in the middle of an expression of continental love has beaten a retreat over a controversial comment he made in Davos, Switzerland last week. Patrice Motsepe through the Motsepe Foundation issued a statement apologizing for his ‘Africa loves America, Africa loves Trump,’ comment when he met with US president Donald Trump on the sidelines of… Read More

Africa’s Centre for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention has activated an ‘Emergency Operations Centre’ to manage the deadly Coronavirus from reaching the continent. Speaking in Addis Ababa on Tuesday, CDC Director Dr John Nkengasong said no confirmed cases of the virus have been reported in Africa. “So far we have had no reported cases, although there are rumours of unconfirmed… Read More

As part of our news analysis slot on Africanews, we will be updating a media watch page that deals with major issues of media ongoings across the continent. It will cut across happenings in mainstream and across social media with also a special eye for fake news. AP racist photo, BBC’s Kobe – LeBron mix-up Internet outage in Togo Beninese… Read More

The coronavirus was confirmed in the Chinese city on January 7, 2020. Cases have since been confirmed in several other Asian countries, Europe and the United States. The World Health Organisation’s Africa emergency response program manager Michel Yao advised health ministers in the region to activate standard flu screening at airports for passengers coming from mainland China. There is a… Read More

Leprosy, an infectious disease that causes severe, disfiguring skin sores and nerve damage in the arms, legs, and skin areas around the body has re-emerged as a global health challenge. “Too many women and children affected by leprosy – also known as Hansen’s disease – are victims of stereotypes, physical and verbal abuse, delays of diagnosis and lack of adequate… Read More

Road users in northeast are living in fear after highways and key supply routes came under attack from militant fighters. Several Nigerians reported that the Maiduguri – Damaturu highway had become a no-go area due to heightened militant activity. Maiduguri is capital of Borno State, birthplace of the Boko Haram insurgency. Aid agencies also said ambushes by armed groups have… Read More

Two crew members aboard a Ugandan air force jet were killed when their jet crashed, the army confirmed on Tuesday. According to the spokesman of the Ugandan Peoples’ Defense Forces, UPDF, Richard Maremire; the UPDAF Jet Ranger was on a training mission when the incident occured. He stressed that an investigation was underway into the possible causes. “Condolences to their… Read More

After expressing their anger and making demands on social media for clarity on the abduction of some university students months back, Ethiopians thronged the streets in parts of the Amhara regional state to press home their demands. Local media outlets and journalists shared photos of massive protests in several towns and cities in the state. Most of the protesters carried… Read More

Uganda’s health ministry has issued guidelines to individuals and companies seeking to grow or export marijuana for medical purposes, paving the way for the East African country to join cannabis-producing countries on the continent. According to the guidelines, investors must be cleared by the tax authorities, present evidence of value addition to cannabis and have minimum capital of $5m (Shs18.3b)… Read More